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Melissa Belcher, O.T.
Offers
In-person and virtual appointments
- Occupational Therapist
- Woman
Accepting new patients
Provider's hours
Sunday
Closed
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
Closed
Friday
10:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Saturday
Closed
Description
Melissa is an occupational therapy practitioner who has spent her career working in pediatrics. She graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Kinesiology (2002) and a Masters of Occupational Therapy (2004). She is registered with the COTO (College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario). She has been practicing in Ottawa with the Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre (now part of CHEO) since 2006. Melissa has extensive experience working with children and families, from infancy through preschool age, with a variety of physical, developmental, and neurodevelopment needs.
Conditions
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Brain injuries
- Depression
- Low vision
- Physical disabilities
Services
- Developmental delays
- Environmental assessments
- Feeding support
- Fine motor development
- Gross motor development
- Hand therapy
- Pediatric occupational therapy
- Physical challenge support
- Progressive goal attainment program
- Psychoeducation
- Sensory processing, integration
Clientele
- Pediatrics​
Languages spoken
- English
Professional designations
- Occupational Therapist (O.T.)
Facility Information
Rooted Family Wellness Centre
Summary
Rooted Family Wellness Centre is a holistic wellness and community hub in Kanata, Ontario, for families at all stages of their birthing, parenting and wellness journey. We offer a wide range of holistic wellness services, designed to support expecting families, parents and children. Our team is here for you through your entire journey, from consulting on nutrition during pregnancy to providing mental health support post-birth to lactation support to bodywork for the entire family, we've got you covered. We also offer fitness, yoga, educational classes and meet ups.
Business hours
Sunday
By appointment only
Monday
8:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Tuesday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Wednesday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Thursday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Saturday
8:00 am
-
4:00 pm
Services & supplies
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Active release massage
- Active release technique
- Acupuncture
- Arthritis treatment
- Attachment-based therapy
- Botanical medicine
- Chiropractic adjustments
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Concussion therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Cupping therapy
- Deep tissue massage
- Developmental delays
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Drop table technique
- Electro-acupuncture
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Environmental assessments
- Ergonomic Assessment
- Ergonomics
- Existential therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Feeding support
- Feminist therapy
- Fine motor development
- Functional abilities evaluation
- Functional Testing
- Gross motor development
- Group counselling
- Hand therapy
- Homeopathic medicine
- Humanistic therapy
- Integrative therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Joint manipulation
- Joint mobilization
- Lifestyle counselling
- Manual and manipulative therapy
- Marital counselling
- Marriage and family therapy
- Massage and soft tissue mobilization
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Moxibustion
- Multicultural therapy
- Multidisciplinary pain management program
- Muscoskeletal program
- Myofascial release therapy
- Naturopathic remedies
- Nutritional counselling
- Osteopathic treatment
- Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
- Pediatric occupational therapy
- Pediatrics massage
- Pelvic health therapy
- Person-centered therapy
- Physical challenge support
- Physical demands analysis
- Play therapy
- Post operative care
- Pre/post-natal massage
- Pre/Post-surgical rehabilitation
- Progressive goal attainment program
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Psychoeducation
- Psychological testing and evaluation
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Scalp acupuncture
- Sensory processing, integration
- Soft tissue therapy
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Spinal manipulation
- Sport therapy
- Sports massage
- Strength-based therapy
- Structural family therapy
- Temporo-Mandibular joint (TMJ) pain treatment
- The Gottman method
- TMJ massage
- Traditional chinese medicine
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
- Trigger point therapy
- Tuina massage
- Wellness massage
Amenities
- Close to public transit
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Wheelchair accessible
